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Guitar Tab:Destination Moon

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Destination Moon
By: They Might Be Giants
Copyright: 1994
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 Intro:
 F - Bb -
 C - Bb/Am Gm/C

1.
 F        -      Bb        -
 Don't bother to call this room
  C          -   Bb / Am  Gm / C
 There's nobody here who can pick up
  F           -                 Bb      -
 Or who has stuff they need to talk about
          C         -          Bb / Am Gm / F
 And who won't be now checking out and flying


Chorus:
 C         Bb     C   -
 By rocket to the moon
                    F    -
 By airplane to the rocket
                Bb     -
 By taxi to the airport
                      C   Bb
 By front door to the taxi
    C        Bb       Am      Gm      F        C
 By throwing back the blanket hanging down the legs


 2.
 F          -      Bb        -
 Thank you for the card with the cartoon nurse
 C          -                Bb  / Am   Gm / C
 But you see there's nothing wrong with me
 F    -                 Bb      -
 You think, that's what you think
             C         -           Bb / Am  Gm / F
 That's what they all say before I blow you away


Chorus:
 C         Bb     C   -
 By rocket to the moon
                    F    -
 By airplane to the rocket
                Bb     -
 By taxi to the airport
                      C   Bb
 By front door to the taxi
    C        Bb       Am      Gm      F        C
 By throwing back the blanket hanging down the legs


Bridge:
 |: D          Gm      Bb         C :|
      Soon the man who sweeps the room
 |: D            Gm     Bb  C :|
      Brings the secret telegram
     Eb      -      Bb      - Eb     -   Bbadd9   C
 "Commence Official Interplanetary Exploration"


Instrumental:
 |: D  Gm  Bb  C :|
 |: D  Gm  Bb  C :|


e: -----------------------------------
B: -----------------------------------
G: -----------------------------------
D: 0--4-0-5-5-8-5-8-8-10-8-10-10-11-12
A: -----------------------------------
E: -----------------------------------

e: -----------------------------------
B: -----------------------------------
G: -----------------------------------
D: 0--4-0-5-5-8-5-8-8-10-8-10-10------
A: -----------------------------------
E: -----------------------------------



2.
 F          -      Bb        -
 Thank you for the card with the cartoon nurse
 C          -                Bb  / Am   Gm / C
 But you see there's nothing wrong with me
 F    -                 Bb      -
 You think, that's what you think
             C         -           Bb / Am  Gm / F
 That's what they all say before I blow you away


Chorus:
 C         Bb     C   -
 By rocket to the moon
                    F    -
 By airplane to the rocket
                Bb     -
 By taxi to the airport
                      C   Bb
 By front door to the taxi
    C        Bb       Am      Gm      F        C
 By throwing back the blanket hanging down the legs


Coda:
 C         Bb     C   -
 By rocket to the moon
              F    -
 Crawl to the rocket
                    Bb     -
 By coughing at the airport
                   C   Bb
 By limping to the taxi
     C        Bb       Am      Gm      F        C        F
 By throwing back the blanket hanging down the withered leg


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 -E.M.